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July 8, 2025

What China’s Approach to Iran Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy

By not taking sides against Iran or Russia in recent conflicts, China is trying to achieve stability and play the role of global mediator.

Robert Rust
China Analyst

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July 8, 2025

Climate Lawsuits Are Rising as Political Pushback Intensifies

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 7, 2025

Seven Things You Need to Know About the Texas Flash Flood Tragedy

Rachel Cleetus
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Kathy Mulvey

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Kate Cell

Senior Climate Campaign Manager

Laura Peterson

Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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April 17, 2020

Do Any National Park Service Staff Have COVID-19? Interior Department Isn’t Saying.

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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April 17, 2020

Shell Inches Forward on Climate Action

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

April 16, 2020

What Is Earth Day Live? The Largest Online Mass Mobilization in History

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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April 15, 2020

Analysis: Voter Fraud Proponents Are Frauds

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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April 14, 2020

Activism in Hard Times

Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Former Staff

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April 13, 2020

While Pandemic Unfolds, EPA is Attempting to Sideline Science with Exclusionary New Policies

Ken Kimmell
Former President

Bureau of Land Management

April 13, 2020

Trump Administration Considers Hunting in Wildlife Refuges a Celebration of COVID-19 “Success”

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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April 13, 2020

The Price We Will Pay for Suppressing CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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April 13, 2020

Forging Ahead on DTE’s Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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April 13, 2020

Continued Social Distancing Critical for US Regions Where Flooding and COVID-19 Are Set to Collide

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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April 10, 2020

Reminder to Congress: The Coal Industry Trade Association Doesn’t Give a Damn About Its Workers

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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April 10, 2020

President Trump Is More Focused on TV Ratings than Saving Lives from COVID-19

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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April 9, 2020

Why the White House Must Address Coronavirus’s Disproportionate Impacts on African Americans

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

Climate

April 9, 2020

Ask a Scientist: 2030 or Bust? What is the Importance of the Year 2030 Climatewise?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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April 9, 2020

The Election Travesty in Wisconsin is a Wake-up Call for the Nation

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

EPA

April 8, 2020

EPA Science Advisory Board’s Job Gets Harder—and More Important—By the Minute

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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April 8, 2020

COVID-19 Has Put Our Democracy in Critical Condition

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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April 8, 2020

Housewives and Fishmongers Defeat the US Nuclear Establishment

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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April 8, 2020

New Harvard Study Links COVID Deaths and Air Pollution: An Interview with Study Author Dr. Francesca Dominici

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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April 7, 2020

Roundup: Sidelining Science Hits New Lows in Response to Public Health Crisis

UCS Science Network

President Donald J. Trump at Andeavor Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota.

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April 6, 2020

Trump Administration Finalizes Car Rule as Handout to Fossil Fuel Industry

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Derrick Jackson

April 6, 2020

La lucha por una respuesta justa al COVID-19

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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April 3, 2020

EPA Advances Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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April 2, 2020

Lessons From A Small-Town Fire Department On Prevention, Preparation, and Leadership

Sean Meyer
Former Contributor

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